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MDN: Wolf River Greenway’s Epping Way Segment Moves Toward May Opening

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MDN: Wolf River Greenway’s Epping Way Segment Moves Toward May Opening The only trace of Berry Brooks’ Epping Way clubhouse and recreation area is a pair of wooden gabled stone posts across the curb cut and gravel entrance at the end of a Raleigh cul de sac. The clubhouse and its parking lot just beyond the entrance on a hilltop that is still a verdant green days away from winter is long gone. A slim border, perhaps of a swimming pool, appears intermittently. The nine tennis courts are now a duck pond near the 20-acre lake that remains the centerpiece … Continue reading MDN: Wolf River Greenway’s Epping Way Segment Moves Toward May Opening

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CA: Memphis benefits from bicycling, hiking renaissance

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CA: Memphis benefits from bicycling, hiking renaissance The act of tuning up the old Schwinn — or the old Trek, or the old Specialized or whatever — and going for a long bike ride has enjoyed quite a renaissance in the Mid-South, and thanks to the efforts of dedicated trail builders and their funding sources it’s getting safer. Last week brought the welcome news from the Wolf River Conservancy that three new segments of the 12-foot-wide Wolf River Greenway are under construction or will be soon, and almost all of the property has been acquired for the bicycle and pedestrian … Continue reading CA: Memphis benefits from bicycling, hiking renaissance

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MDN: Wolf River Greenway Prepares to Move as River Causes Changes To Plan

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MDN: Wolf River Greenway Prepares to Move as River Causes Changes To Plan Before Thanksgiving, the Wolf River Conservancy should have a contract awarded to begin work on the trail and trail head at Kennedy Park and start work on the privately funded part of the 21-mile Wolf River Greenway. State, local, federal and conservancy officials gathered in the Raleigh park last week to mark a $9 million grant from the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. That money goes toward restoration and resiliency along the northernmost bend of the Wolf River in Shelby County, which includes but is … Continue reading MDN: Wolf River Greenway Prepares to Move as River Causes Changes To Plan

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MDN: Wolf River Access and Federal Grant Highlight Preservation Efforts

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MDN: Wolf River Access and Federal Grant Highlight Preservation Efforts The road in Piperton near Albert Spillers Bridge on state Highway 196 is gravel and it is steep. But it is the way to a new boat access point onto the Wolf River that is formally dedicated Wednesday, Oct. 26. Access to the Wolf River on public lands is meant to be what is described as “primitive” to preserve the wetlands and the natural environment. “Here’s a public place you can drive, park, put your boat in the water and have access to the river,” said Alan Peterson, regional manager … Continue reading MDN: Wolf River Access and Federal Grant Highlight Preservation Efforts

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MDN: Green Renaissance

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MDN: Green Renaissance As director of Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, Jen Andrews has been on the front lines of what can fairly be called a green revival in Memphis. And she is amazed at how much change has occurred over the last decade, a rebirth that spans not just across the miles but now seems embedded in the city’s psyche. “I feel like it’s a city that’s reinvented itself,” said Andrews, with the recent opening of the $52 million Heart of the Park project at Shelby Farms being one part of the revitalization. “It didn’t change who it was, but … Continue reading MDN: Green Renaissance

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HGN: Wolf River Greenway transforms city’s greenspace

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HGN: Wolf River Greenway transforms city’s greenspace When plans for the Wolf River Greenway began nearly a decade ago it might’ve seemed far-fetched and a dream to create a trail that follows the Wolf River east from Germantown to its confluence with the Mississippi north of Downtown. But the 23-mile trail is coming into focus with phases nearing construction. The first couple of miles stretching from Walnut Grove Road east to Shady Grove Road along the south banks of the Wolf River were completed in 2010. Since then, Germantown has connected its portion of the path to what lies in … Continue reading HGN: Wolf River Greenway transforms city’s greenspace